1985 BILL Third Session, 20th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT MR. OOGO First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr. Gogo BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT (Assented to , 1985) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: I The Municipal Government Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section is ameruied by adding the following after subsection (2):

(3) No plebiscite pursuant to this

section shall be valid unless (

a) the plebiscite is held at the same time as a municipal election and the question of the plebiscite is on the same ballot paper as the names of the candidates for election, or (

b) the number of votes cast in the plebiscite is no less than 66 2/3% of the total number of votes cast in the next preceding municipal election. In accordance with section 4(1) of the

Interpretation Act, this Bill comes into force on the date d receives Royal Assent. Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 This would provide that a plebiscite must either be held in conjunction with a municipal election or have at least 2/3 of the votes of the preceding election to be valid.

Section presently reads as follows: 119(1) A council may provide for the submission to the electors or proprietary electors of any municipal question or plebiscite not specifically authorized by this Act, but over which a councd has jurisdiction.

(2) A councd may make any expenditure d considers necessary arul advisable to provide information to the electors on any by-law or question that is to be submitted to a vote. Title: 1985 (20th, 3rd) Bill 220,

An Act to Amend the Municipal Government Act